Understanding the Symbolism of Fear in Creative Dreams

Dreams that explore the theme of representing fear through art or music serve as profound reflections of our internal states. Such dreams may manifest as vivid images of sweeping landscapes painted in tumultuous colors, or through melodies that evoke deep emotions, capturing the essence of fear. These symbolic representations in our dreams can indicate unresolved anxieties or fears that we may be grappling with in our waking lives.

As we navigate the realms of creativity within our dreams, we find a unique pathway to understanding and addressing our fears. Art and music become the languages through which our subconscious expresses its turmoil, seeking recognition and healing. This exploration can reveal not only what frightens us but also our potential means to confront these fears creatively.

Thus, diving into the meaning behind such dreams provides invaluable insights into our emotional well-being.

• Dreams reflecting fear through art or music suggest a deep exploration of your emotional state.
• Such dreams often indicate unresolved fears or anxieties in waking life that demand attention.
• Artistic expression in dreams serves as a therapeutic outlet, helping to confront and process fear.

Symbols

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  • Worries:

    (Anxiety; Perturbation; Uneasiness) Worries in a dream mean regret, repentance, blaming oneself, attrition and remorse.

  • Uptight:

    (Anxious; Disheartened; Dispirited) Feeling uptight in a dream may mean an illness or death.

  • Distress:

    (Anxiety; Agony; Grieve; Uptight; Worries) Distress in a dream signifies atonement for one’s sins and restitution of his human dignity. To experience distress in a dream also signifies regret for something wrong one has committed. If one’s distress dissipates, and if he is relieved from its burden in his dream, 1'Z‘Z IBN SEERIN’S it means repentance from his wrongdoing.

    In a dream, distress and sorrow mean being in love or suffering from one’s devotion to his beloved.

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  • Politician:
  • Bias:

    In a dream, bragging represents a tyrant, an unjust person, or an aggressor. If the person seen in a dream is already dead, it is a warning for his family. It also means failure to satisfy one’s religious obligations.

    If the person noted in the dream is sick, then it means that he may be nearing his death. If he is healthy, then bragging while yawning in a dream means affliction with an illness.

  • Portrait:
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  • Portrait:
  • Engineer:
  • Illustrator:

    (Artist; Illustrator) In a dream, a painter represents knowledge, archi¬ tecture, wisdom, writing poems, writing love songs or telling lies. A painter in a dream also represents someone who conceals his acts, or hides his true face. He also could represent alcoholism, falling in love, marriage, or having children.

    Some of the painter’s works are beneficial while others are harmful. All depending on the quality of his work, its objectives, balance, resemblance to the object painted and authenticity. The characteristics of such a person in the dream may be that of a hypocrite in wakefulness, or an ostentatious person, a toadying person, a hypocrite, a panegyrist, or a lauding person, though he mostly looks as a good, sincere and a hard working person.

    The value of his paintings varies depending on the subject treated. A painter in a dream also represents a person who loves flattery, self-adulation, an eloquently speaking person, a liar, one who fails his promises, or he could represent strength and authority.

• melody
  • Grumble:

    (Grumble; Rumble) Murmuring or grumbling in a dream denotes the impeachment of the governor, recovering from an illness, a journey for someone who loves to travel, losses for arguing people, or perhaps it could mean marriage and celebrations. To murmur in a dream also means to follow innovations and to lock one’s destiny on the path of error.

  • Professional singer:

    (Chanting; Song) Singing in a dream means falsehood and trouble. Having a beautiful voice in a dream may represent a profitable business. Otherwise, if one sings off key in his dream, it means that he is venturing into a losing business.

    A singer in a dream also represents a wise person, a preacher, or a physician. The location where the singing has taken place in the dream will experience lies, falsehood and separation between beloveds because of jealousy, envy and perfidy. Singing in a dream also connotes evil, disputes and fights.

    If a professional singer, a musician, or a music writer sees himself singing his repertoire in a dream, it means benefits and profits. If the singing is bad, or off key in the dream, then it could mean lack of work, meekness, or it could mean having little opinion about oneself. If one sees himself singing while walking in a dream, it means earning a comfortable livelihood, being content and having a good opinion about oneself.

    Singing in the bathroom or under a shower in a dream means speaking unclear words, or having a dispute. If a rich person sees himself singing in the streets or in a marketplace in a dream, it means a scandal, or it could carry bad connotation. If a poor person or an evil person sees such a dream, it means that he has lost his mind.

    If a pious person sees himself singing in the streets or in a marketplace in a dream, it means that he will witness deceit and trials.

  • Yowling:
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  • Lute:
  • Professional singer:

    (Chanting; Song) Singing in a dream means falsehood and trouble. Having a beautiful voice in a dream may represent a profitable business. Otherwise, if one sings off key in his dream, it means that he is venturing into a losing business.

    A singer in a dream also represents a wise person, a preacher, or a physician. The location where the singing has taken place in the dream will experience lies, falsehood and separation between beloveds because of jealousy, envy and perfidy. Singing in a dream also connotes evil, disputes and fights.

    If a professional singer, a musician, or a music writer sees himself singing his repertoire in a dream, it means benefits and profits. If the singing is bad, or off key in the dream, then it could mean lack of work, meekness, or it could mean having little opinion about oneself. If one sees himself singing while walking in a dream, it means earning a comfortable livelihood, being content and having a good opinion about oneself.

    Singing in the bathroom or under a shower in a dream means speaking unclear words, or having a dispute. If a rich person sees himself singing in the streets or in a marketplace in a dream, it means a scandal, or it could carry bad connotation. If a poor person or an evil person sees such a dream, it means that he has lost his mind.

    If a pious person sees himself singing in the streets or in a marketplace in a dream, it means that he will witness deceit and trials.

  • Disband:

    (Bond; Tie) To tie or band one’s hair in a dream mean amassing huge sums of money and to disband one’s hair means to squander one’s wealth.

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  • Portrait:
  • Illustrator:

    (Artist; Illustrator) In a dream, a painter represents knowledge, archi¬ tecture, wisdom, writing poems, writing love songs or telling lies. A painter in a dream also represents someone who conceals his acts, or hides his true face. He also could represent alcoholism, falling in love, marriage, or having children.

    Some of the painter’s works are beneficial while others are harmful. All depending on the quality of his work, its objectives, balance, resemblance to the object painted and authenticity. The characteristics of such a person in the dream may be that of a hypocrite in wakefulness, or an ostentatious person, a toadying person, a hypocrite, a panegyrist, or a lauding person, though he mostly looks as a good, sincere and a hard working person.

    The value of his paintings varies depending on the subject treated. A painter in a dream also represents a person who loves flattery, self-adulation, an eloquently speaking person, a liar, one who fails his promises, or he could represent strength and authority.

  • Paintings:

    (Art; Picture; Portrait) In a dream, paintings represent memories, guidance, or advice. Paintings in a dream also denote the passing of time, advancing of years, or the days of one’s life. As for an immigrant, paintings in his dream mean reunion with his family, beloved, or commanding good and forbidding evil.

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  • Discovering a treasure:

    (Hidden treasure; Knowledge; Wheel) Discovering a treasure in a dream means acquiring knowledge. If one is a merchant, then it means profits from his business, or spending money generously on God’s path. If one is a ruler, it means expansion of his powers and it denotes his justice.

    Seeing a treasure in a dream is interpreted in relation to one’s type of trade. A treasure in a dream also represents a business. Discovering a hidden trunk with little money inside it in a dream means a short lived difficulty, but if the trunk is stashed with money, then it means distress, sadness and sorrow.

    In many instances, discov¬ ering a treasure in a dream may mean death, or it could mean becoming rich, or complying with a court order. Discovering a great treasure in a dream means martyrdom. Discovering a treasure and rejoicing in the dream means loss of one’s money or business.

    Discovering a treasure in a dream also could mean ease in one’s life, receiving an inheritance, distress, trouble, wearing a new garment, a wife, cheating on one’s taxes, or it could mean avoiding to pay alms tax, or hindering the distributions of charitable endowments. A treasure in a dream also represents a profitable business, or it could represent a money changer, a jeweler, or remembering something. Discovering a treasure that is difficult to reach in a dream represents a stingy person who hinders the distribution of charities, or if he is a scholar, it means that he does not like to share his knowledge with others, and if one is a judge, it means that he is unjust.

    If a woman discovers a treasure in her dream, it means that she is careful about spending money and managing her household. If the trunk has no cover or lid in the dream, then it means the opposite.

  • Tricks:

    (Conjuring; Jugglery; Magic arts) In a dream, tricks represent deceit, chicanry, pride, artificiality, or temptation.

  • Geomancy:

    (Geomancy) Seeing a fortuneteller who practices divination by in¬ terpreting random figures that are formed when a handful of earth is thrown on the ground or one who interprets randomly drawn lines on sand represents a fraudulent and a cunning person, a thief, or such a dream could represent profits from importing goods.

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  • Portrait:
  • Politician:
  • Frame of a person:

    (Build; Contour; Frame; Profile) Having a tall figure in a dream signifies pride, arrogance, stinginess, ostentatiousness or pretending to be tall. . If one sees his figure shorter than his normal size in a dream, then it denotes losing respect or nearing the end of one’s life.

    Seeing oneself beyond the common human size in a dream also denotes the near end of one’s life, or it could mean falling in rank. If someone in authority sees himself shorter in size in a dream, it means that he will lose his post, or fail to render a just verdict, or it could mean a political fight. Being smaller than usual in a dream means 158 lUii uujjim t u defeat in a war or losing a fight.

    If a politician sees himself tall in a dream, it means that he will win his political battle. (Also see Body')

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  • Investigation:

    (Investigation) If one sees himself being investigated in a court of justice by people he does not know in a dream, it means that he has strayed into innovation, though he remains accountable for his actions.

  • Evil end:

    If one recognizes a wicked act in a dream, it represents his evil end, or that he may become an apostate. If one speaks of something evil in his dream, it denotes a wicked act he will commit toward someone in wakefulness.

  • Courtesy:

    (Courtesy) If a respected person sees himself showing friendliness and kindness toward lowly people in a dream, it means self-degradation, loss of status, dismissal from one’s position, poverty and need for other’s assistance.

• dread
  • Terror:
  • Khawf:

    (arb. Fear. See Five times prayers)

  • Dismay:

    Dismembering;

• tune
  • Nasal speech:

    (Nasal speech) If one sees himself speaking with a twang in a dream, it means difficulties, or it could mean that he will be mocked for his opinions.

  • Disband:

    (Bond; Tie) To tie or band one’s hair in a dream mean amassing huge sums of money and to disband one’s hair means to squander one’s wealth.

  • Couturier:

    (Couturier; Marriage) A tailor in a dream represents unity, a peacemaker, a scribe, a secretary, or an officiant who conducts the marriage ceremony and witnesses the signing agreement. A tailor in a dream also represents someone who regrets his wrongdoing, or amends his conduct for the better. To become a tailor and sew one’s own garments in a dream means struggling to build one’s livelihood.

    If one sees himself unable to do a good sewingjob in a dream, it means that he is trying to bring opposites together but to no avail. Sewing a robe for a woman in a dream means that he will be afflicted with a major trial. If one sees himself as a tailor or altering garments in a dream, it means prosperity, setting up a business venture, getting married, having a progeny, or putting things where they belong.

    A tailor in a dream also represents piety and a good character.

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  • Terror:
  • Khawf:

    (arb. Fear. See Five times prayers)

  • Fear:

    (Dismay; Fright; Terror) In a dream, fear means the opposite. In fact, fear in a dream represents peacefulness and repentance in wakefulness. If one sees himself scared and running away from fear in a dream, it means that he will win the upper hand.

    If one sees himself in a dream waiting to battle with fear, it means that he will join a war. If one sees himself afraid, and if a voice says to him: “Do not be afraid, you will not die, nor will you be able to bear this life,” it means that he may become blind. If one sees himself as a God-fearing person in a dream, it means that his worldly fears will dissipate and he will develop true devotion and constant remembrance of his Lord.

    The person or object causing fear in the dream represents harm and aversion. To feel scared in a dream means happiness in wakefulness. Fear in a dream also could mean evil, corruption or suffering from the consequences of wrongdoing one has committed.

    If one dies of fear in his dream, it means that he does not pay people their rights and particularly if he is afraid of a human being or from his own evildoing.

Navigating Your Dreams: Practical Insights and Tips

• Journaling Your Dream

  Begin a dream journal where you can write down your dreams immediately after waking. With dreams related to fear and creativity, documenting the symbols, emotions, and imagery can provide valuable clarity. This practice allows you to track any recurring themes and helps you articulate the emotions represented.

  Additionally, engaging with your artwork or music after recording such dreams can help you connect and draw from your subconscious insights. By revisiting these dreams, you may uncover deeper understandings about your fears and how they may be illustrated through your creative expressions.

• Create Art Inspired by Your Dreams

  Make time to create art or music that reflects the feelings or images that arose in your dreams. Whether you sketch, paint, write lyrics, or compose a piece, artistic expression can be a cathartic way to process fears represented in your dreams. This act of creativity transforms your fear into a tangible form, allowing you to confront and explore it further.

  You might be surprised at how liberating the artistic process can be, as it enables you to delve into your emotions and emerge with a deeper understanding of your inner landscape.

• Seek Support Through Discussion

  Sharing your dreams with trusted friends or family can facilitate deeper discussion. Conversations about fear in art can reveal different perspectives and insights, possibly leading to a collective understanding of what those fears may symbolize. Supportive dialogue not only fosters healing but might also provide motivation to engage with your own creativity, discovering shared fears or unique interpretations.

  You may find that mutual experiences prompt you to view your fears in a new light and inspire you to choose healthier responses.

FAQs

• What does it mean to dream about expressing fear in art?

  Dreaming about expressing fear in art suggests that you are processing deep-seated emotions and anxieties through creativity. It reflects a desire to confront and understand the fears that may be affecting your waking life. This expression allows you to tap into your subconscious, potentially revealing insights about your emotional health.

• Can music in dreams represent my fears?

  Absolutely. Music in dreams often embodies feelings and emotional states. If you find yourself playing or hearing music associated with fear, it may indicate unresolved issues or apprehensions you need to address. The melodies can speak to your inner fears and guide you toward understanding them.

• How do I interpret the symbols of fear in my creative dreams?

  To interpret symbols of fear in creative dreams, look for imagery that resonates with your current emotional state. Consider the colors, shapes, and sounds present in the dream. Each aspect may symbolize specific fears you are facing. Reflecting on these symbols can give you a clearer understanding of what your subconscious is trying to communicate regarding your anxieties.

• Why do I dream about creating art that represents fear?

  Dreaming about creating art that represents fear can be a way for your subconscious to process and release emotions that feel overwhelming or hard to articulate. Such dreams may indicate the need to confront these fears rather than suppress them, allowing for personal growth and healing.

• Is there a connection between fear and creativity in dreams?

  Yes, there is often a profound connection between fear and creativity in dreams. Fear can catalyze creativity, pushing individuals to express complex emotions through art and music. Dreams that showcase this relationship highlight the transformative power of creativity in helping us cope with and understand our fears.

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